Interpretation of Funerary Spaces in Roman Times

Insights from a Nucleus of Braga, NW Iberian Peninsula

Bibliographic Data

ID3330295
AuthorsCristina Braga (0000-0002-2267-2508, ERA Arqueologia), José Ribeiro (0000-0002-1792-9145, University of Minho, corresponding author), Luis Fontes, Luís Fernando Oliveira Fontes (0000-0002-3725-0797, University of Minho), Ana Fragata (0000-0003-1440-1609, University of Aveiro, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue9
Pages1185
Publication date2023-09-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14091185
OpenAlexW4386838301
LanguageEN
References cited6

The funerary/cult archeological nucleus of Rua do Raio (Braga, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula) was discovered between 2007 and 2009, under the excavation works of a necropolis of Bracara Augusta. This building exhibits a set of particularities that confirms its archeological importance. It is a construction dating from the middle of the 1st century AD, subject to two reforms, one in the second half of the 1st century AD and another in the 2nd century AD, with a trapezoidal shape and comprising ten rectangular tanks rendered with opus signinum mortars. It shows a unique architectural configuration in the city, as well as in the Portuguese territory, and the space is under musealization, together with a set of graves identified in the same archeological intervention. The present investigation contextualizes the funerary and religious architecture of the city. Its description is presented, highlighting its relevance, and an interpretative possibility is formulated

Ancient history · Archaeology · Cult · Excavation · Geography · Peninsula · Portuguese · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological and Historical Studies · History · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology · Philosophy · Architecture

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